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Experts war-gamed what might happen if deepfakes disrupt the 2024 election. Things went sideways fast. (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Spreading election lies (and that's what these deepfakes are), needs to be a felony, not protected by the 1st amendment.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Spreading false voting information -- like the example in the article about fake phone calls saying polling places are closed -- is a crime in the US, whether or not it's online, it's just hot particularly well enforced.

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